Les Paul, 93, Tennessee waltz

The legendary performer - and father of the electric guitar - Les Paul, in a performance of TW at Iridium Club, NYC, July 2008

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[biggiesmith]

Where was this recorded?  Looks a lot like the Country Music Hall Of Fame stage....

[corcare]

No. It´s the Iridium club at Times sq, NYC. LP plays two sets regularly on Mondays.

[Techmonkey]

smile to my face... RIP les.

[FlavorRed]

This guy doesn't play with the same kind of mobility as he once had. (He's 93!) But he still understands music and he still understands guitar playing! And he still has the passion for guitar playing it appears! Keep on rockin', Les!

[welderella]

@aliceband2 Not much genius? Are you referring to Les Paul's entire career or? just this video. I cannot say that there are better guitarists or not. I do know that LP said he really looked up to Django. He was fabulous too.

[welderella]

he was around for so long and I never knew anything about him, except that he was a guitar maker? or that there were guitars named after him. I knew nothing more. how did I miss this? that is criminal. meanwhile I had to suffer through soooooooo much crap on the top 40, No wonder why I stopped listening to music. Now I will never stop. I love youtube. thank you for posting this!!!!! I think you might have just saved my soul. :>)

[aliceband2]

LP was a sharp businessman, endorsements make money. nothing wrong with that Joe Pass didn't like his Ibanez. Fender currently endorse some truly dire rock guitarist - what do they care? pick up my comments from word ten, that's what I care about.

I think the recording industry would have got there without him.

Blind hero worship is a stupid thing.

[bilsrylos]

@aliceband2 not to mention that Les pioneered many ideas for recording sound and music, without him, we probably wouldnt have the music recording capabilities that we have today, and of course he liked the les paul or he wouldnt have given it his namesake and used it in so many shows. TROLLFAIL

[oblivionfr3ak]

even at 93 he could blow away pretty much any modern guitarist with his eyes closed.

[textech00]

my daddy saw him perform many times--wish I could've even just once.

[aliceband2]

Mein Gott, Ernst,  I am entitled to my opinion. A nice brown shirt would go well with your Burns.

[DoctorLawyerWhatever]

To wake up at 93 is an accomplishment, but to play a gig on a weekly basis? Incredible. One of the greatest music legends; even aside from all of his other accomplishments, just his invention of multi-tracking alone would have been one of the major contributions to recorded music. What a talented gentleman.

[8276205]

the guys in his 90's --we can only hope to live so long--he brought guitars and guitar playing techniques to a whole new level in music-a true explorer who believed and loved what he could pass on to us all-he should have been recognized to be greater than what he was ---And in time i think he will to those who know greatness.

[BurnsErnst]

Hi corecare,

kick this asshole aliceband2 out. He ist just taling shit on many videos without having any postings himself. We don´t need people like him here. Something must be wrong in his head.